Identification and expression of mRNAs encoding bursicon in the plesiomorphic central nervous system of Homarus gammarus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Sharp, Jasmine H ^a   Wilcockson, David C ^b   Webster, Simon G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Bursicon; Crustaceans; Developmental expression; Ecdysis; Homarus gammarus; In situ hybridisation; Neurohormones; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

BURSICON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRUSTACEAN CARDIOACTIVE PEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME SIZE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOBSTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956616846     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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